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- │ MESSAGE MENU HELP │
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- │ <R>ead the Messages This option will let you read the public │
- │ or private messages to you posted here. │
- │ It also has a Help prompt for commands. │
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- │ <S>can through Messages This will let you look at who messages │
- │ are From, To, and the Subject. You can │
- │ "Mark" those you want to read. │
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- │ <Q>uick scan Messages Does a columnized listing of messages by │
- │ Number, From, To, and Subject. │
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- │ <E>nter/Post New Message If you are authorized, will let you type │
- │ a new message to any of the folks here. │
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- │ MESSAGE MENU HELP │
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- │ <P>ost a Message to: Many message menus have this type prompt │
- │ to automatically address messages to the │
- │ right person. │
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- │ <L>ist folks hereabouts Some menus have this prompt available so │
- │ you can see if a friend calls here or to │
- │ check the spelling of a name. You can │
- │ enter part of a name as a faster option. │
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- │ <!>Update Message Pointers This option, at the Message Folders Menu, │
- │ let's you set your last read pointers to │
- │ cover what you have read. They are also │
- │ automatically reset when you log off. │
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- │ <H>elp with messages Is this file. │
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- │ READ MESSAGES COMMANDS │
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- │ <F>orward: Allows you to read/scan/quickscan in forward │
- │ order starting at a certain message number. │
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- │ <R>everse: Allows you to read/scan/quickscan in reverse │
- │ order starting at a certain message number. │
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- │ <I>ndividual: Allows you to read/scan/quickscan by number. │
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- │ <N>ew Messages: Allows you to read/scan/quickscan all messages │
- │ posted since your last visit. │
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- │ <M>arked Messages: Allows you to read/quickscan messages you have │
- │ marked with the "scan" option. │
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- │ <S>elected: Allows you to check the message database with │
- │ a search of the FROM, TO, or SUBJECT fields. │
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- │ MESSAGE THREAD COMMANDS │
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- │ <-> When shown, indicates the displayed message is an answer to │
- │ a previous message. You can bounce backwards and read the │
- │ original message and then return to the displayed message. │
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- │ <+> When shown, it indicates the displayed message has one or │
- │ more replies. You can jump ahead and read the replies to │
- │ the current message and then return to it. │
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- │ UPLOADING PREPARED MESSAGES │
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- │ Prepare your message text with your favorite editor and save it as │
- │ ASCII or Generic text. Note the filename and the directory it's in. │
- │ The procedures here are for using the ANSI Full Screen Editor but you │
- │ may also use the Line Editor if you prefer. It's much easier to make │
- │ changes to your message using the ANSI Full Screen Editor. │
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- │ You may be able to use ANSI Graphics with your monochrome Monitor. │
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- │ 1. Make sure you are at the Message Menu where you wish to upload the │
- │ message and select <E>nter/Post a Message. │
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- │ 2. After answering "Who is Message to?" and entering the Subject, the │
- │ editor will prepare the screen for your message. Press <Page Up> │
- │ if you are using ProComm or the appropriate key to select uploads │
- │ for your terminal program. │
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- │ UPLOADING PREPARED MESSAGES │
- │ (Continued) │
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- │ 3. Select <A>SCII for the protocol. XModem, YModem, and ZModem will │
- │ not work and may lock up the editor. When prompted, enter the │
- │ path and filename for your ASCII text file. It should look some- │
- │ thing like: C:\PCPLUS\UPLOADS\FILENAME.EXT and press <Enter>. │
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- │ 4. Don't panic if it looks like a mess. ProComm and other terminal │
- │ programs often send the ANSI positioning codes which are not used │
- │ immediately. When your computer beeps to let you know the upload │
- │ is finished press <Ctrl-K> <Ctrl-R> to redraw the screen. This is │
- │ also handy if noise has cluttered up your message. │
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- │ 5. You can now add to the uploaded text or make edit changes. Press │
- │ the <F1> key to display the key commands Help Panels for the full │
- │ screen editor. │
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- │ UPLOADING PREPARED MESSAGES │
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- │ 6. To reformat the margins for a paragraph <Ctrl-K><Ctrl-R> will do it │
- │ sometimes. To close up a line, move the cursor to the beginning of │
- │ the line you want moved upwards and press <Backspace> and then the │
- │ <Space Bar>. The <Home> and <End> keys will let you move faster to │
- │ the beginning or end of a line. │
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- │ 7. When you are happy with your message, press <Ctrl-Z> to save it. │
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- │ Please leave me a note if you have any questions. │
- │ Thanks, Chris Gunn │
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